SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Build, forget, regret: the costly cycle of infrastructure neglect

South Africa needs as much as R6.2-trillion to meet the UN sustainable development goals by 2030. Three-quarters of this is required to rehabilitate neglected ...

TRACEY DAVIES: Don’t be duped by fossil fuel tactics

The fossil fuel lobby has successfully raised doubts about renewable energy projects. Don’t be fooled: it’s a calculated strategy to extend the life of coal, ...

IAN MACLEOD: Is there a Milei in South Africa’s milieu?

The Argentinian leader has captured public imagination. But beyond the theatrics, he offers some lessons South Africa would be well advised to consider

How the Land Bank can reinvent itself

A strategic rethink is needed for an institution that can ensure food security

GINA SCHOEMAN: Rabbit out of Enoch’s hat

With a bit of creativity, the finance minister has saved the day. Tapping into the GFECRA reserves will reduce the country’s debt burden, leaving more funds to ...

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Politicians are writing cheques the government can’t cash

In the search for fiscal stability, five factors are likely to shape the country’s discourse in the medium term

SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: A better life for some

It’s all good and well to celebrate the successes in South Africa — but you can’t blithely gloss over the abject failures

TRACEY DAVIES: JET funding fuels concerns

Billions of Just Energy Transition Partnership funds have already been spent, allocated or ‘pledged’. But there’s been no transparency around this crucial ...

BERNARD AGULHAS AND ANÉ CHURCH: Small business: the unseen sector

Regulations for businesses and auditors are good things, but as they currently stand, many disadvantage small companies

Budget 2024: Save to save South Africa

South Africa could turn its economic fortunes around if it were to increase its saving rate. This is the lens through which we should evaluate the 2024 budget

SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: Auctioning the ANC

When you’re under the hammer, dignity and ethics are not luxuries any decent kleptocrat can afford

GHALEB CACHALIA: The age of the independent candidate

The old political system needs an overhaul. A combination of technology and the introduction of independent candidates could reinvigorate South Africa’s ...

How to make money the Rupert way

You could say the family have played a masterful hand in creating shareholder value; only, there's the troubling difference between the performances of Reinet, ...

SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: SA’s schools sacrificed on populist altar

Panyaza Lesufi’s tax-free promise to teachers is blatant electioneering; it takes no account of the real challenges facing education in the public sector

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Ten trends to watch in 2024

It’s an investor minefield this year with tense politics, slow growth, the fallout of high interest rates and crushing debt to navigate